There’s a myriad of information on health and wellness. The challenge is finding where to turn for answers to your questions.

Below are a series of links that can help you get the answers to health questions. As always, make sure to consult your physician before embarking on any new medical treatments or procedures.

• www.myUHC.com (UnitedHealthcare)
• American Heart Association
• American Heart Association - High Blood Pressure Quiz
  

• American Lung Association
• American Lung Association of Rhode Island
• American Cancer Society
• U.S. Department of Agriculture – My Pyramid

Online dietary and physical activity assessment tool that provides information on the quality of your diet, the status of your physical activity, and creates related messages and links to nutritional and physical activity information. Check out the Food Calories/Energy Balance feature, which automatically calculates your energy balance by subtracting the energy you expend from your food calories and energy intake.

• Mayo Clinic - Target heart rate calculator
• Mayo Clinic - BMI calculator
• Initiative For Healthy Weight

  http://www.healthfinder.gov/      (great information on Diabetes and other diseases)

http://www.tickencounter.org/

ShapeupRI for a healthy Rhode Island:                 
http://www.shapeupri.org/index.php

 

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

 
Dept of Health & Human Services    
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/

 
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
http://www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/

National Institute of Health     
http://health.nih.gov/result.asp/187

 
National Institute of Health
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/index.html

 
National Diabetes Education Program               
http://ndep.nih.gov/

 

 
Center for Disease Control and Prevention       
http://www.cdc.gov/
 

    
        http://www.healthierus.gov/

      
U.S. Food and Drug Administration                 
http://www.fda.gov/

 

 
http://www.aoa.gov/eldfam/Healthy_Lifestyles/Diabetes/diabetes.asp

 

           
 http://www.womenshealth.gov/

 

                 
http://www.diabetes.org/about-diabetes.jsp%20

 

 
Worksite Wellness Council of Rhode Island   
http://www.wwcri.org/

http://www.welcoa.org/